September 2013

The domestic violence awareness event will be held October 19th in honor of Shelby Harmon, a 20-year-old Cleveland woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle operated by her boyfriend last year shortly after an argument. Her case drew state and national attention to the problem of domestic violence.

The campaign encourage shoppers to chose local stores and businesses to spend their dollars, to help raise sales tax revenue for the county as well as support local jobs. It has been several years since a Buy Local campaign was promoted in the County. It will launch on October 22nd,…

Today’s the deadline to apply for free or reduced price lunch in the Greenville Public School District. Spokesperson Everett Chinn reminds parents that there is also a free breakfast that all students are eligible for. If the numbers are high enough for free breakfast, the schools may be able to…

Crews have been placing stickers on garbage cans and door hangers on houses to let people know about the new trash pick-up schedule. Officials say too much trash was being picked up on Mondays, which caused operational problems, so they revised the routes to move some of Monday’s schedule to…

The Bolivar County Sheriff’s Department hopes to create a special weapons and tactics team commonly referred to as a SWAT team for Bolivar County. Currently the closest swat team to Bolivar County is in Tunica, and officials believe a local team would benefit the county. Costs to get nine SWAT…

A delegation of Greenville city and business leaders spent Thursday in Tupelo promoting Silver Airways, which expanded travel to and from the Mississippi cities with service to Atlanta, which serves as a major hub. The service has been popular in its first year of operations, and Airport Director Draylan Gant…

A federal appeals court has sided with the City of Cleveland and denied a family’s request to reinstate their multimillion dollar lawsuit against the police department. The family of Jermaine Williams sued, after he died in 2010 after being hit twice by police stun guns. A judge dismissed the lawsuit…

Vernon Murphree will focus on arson investigation, following a recent spate of arson-related fires in the city. Fire officials say the toughest part of arson investigation is gaining the cooperation of witnesses, who are often reluctant to speak out.

She was shot to death on September 13th, allegedly by a 21-year-old man who was upset that his girlfriend, who was a different woman, was sitting in a car with another male and Cosey. A bullet fired into the vehicle during the incident struck Cosey in the back of the…

The Greenville Public School District Spokesperson is responding to questions about the recent D grade for the district from the state education department. Greenville rated a D in 2012, but some had thought that recent improvements in student test scores would bring that grade up this year. Spokesperson Everett Chinn…

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MOORHEAD, MS (Ben Caston) — A discrimination lawsuit against Mississippi Delta Community College is over. The United States Justice Department had filed suit against the college claiming that MDCC had discriminated against employee Pamela Venton on the basis of race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…

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New supervisors were sworn in this morning before the Board of Supervisors meeting at the Washington County Courthouse. Circuit Court Judge Ashley Hines officiated the swearing in ceremony for the four. Serving District 1 will be Lee Gordon, District 2 is Tommy Benson the third, District 3 will have Carl…